Slimming World Support for Summer 2014

lushlifesaver

Back from holiday and well and truly fallen from the beaten path however must not despair. I need to kick my butt in to gear; still can't afford to return to a group and really that's the only difference at the moment so just going to have to give it a really good go alone then reconsider returning to group once I'm back at work

The day after we returned from holiday we went across to the east coast of Yorkshire to look at some holiday sites as we had decided to possibly look at going in together (us and bf's parents) on a caravan of our own ... well long story short we ended up buying one which has both good and bad points for us.

The main naughties on holiday were: 2 sharer sundaes, two portions of chip shop chips, 2 mr whippy ice creams and a big portion of mil's cabbage mash (potatoes, cabbage, butter and cheese) oh and wine. I'm not really a big drinker but mil constantly pours me one though I often left more than half of them.

moving back towards plan now; can't jump in with both feet due to a couple of personal circumstances but I am easing back in to it. I have fresh fruit for snacking and positive meal choices but no HeB until I shop at the end of the week though I am limiting the bread etc

can anyone tell me the syns in mini oatcakes (plain)?

I will try and catch up with the thread over the next few days

meg72

Morning all and thank you for kind words, they mean a lot.


I was up early and decided to keep busy today to shake of this low feeling. My friend has to go into hospital today it seems the cancer has spread and she may need a blood transfusion. So an anxious wait for news later.


I have steam cleaned my kitchen and bathroom, hung the washing out,
Going to c lean the windows next and then I think I am going out for the afternoon. Not sure yet where depends on the weather.

meg72

Lioness_Twinkletoes wrote: »

Morning all

Had some fabulous losses - well done!!

Lovely day out today. Bright but cool (well it is at 6am anyway!). Menu for today:

B - Fruit and FF yoghurt
L - Left over tagliatelle with tomato sauce. Salad that I might add some chicken to.
D - SW fish and chips with oven roasted tomatoes, peas and sweetcorn.

Snack - Muller yoghurt and more fruit.
Drinks - Tea, coffee, water.

HEX A - Milk in drinks
HEX B - Slice of bread with dinner or Hi-Fi bar.

Can anyone tell me how they would calculate salad as free food? I am trying to keep an eye on my five a day and don't know how many an average salad would be. Mine consist of salad leaves, cucumber, raw onion, radish, red pepper & tomato.

This may help calculate your salad.


http://www.nhs.uk/Change4Life/Pages/five-a-day-portion-sizes.aspx

joedenise

Lioness_Twinkletoes wrote: »

Can anyone tell me how they would calculate salad as free food? I am trying to keep an eye on my five a day and don't know how many an average salad would be. Mine consist of salad leaves, cucumber, raw onion, radish, red pepper & tomato.

They're all free foods so you can eat as much as you need to feel satisfied.

Well after being talked into a chippie dinner last night by DH (I had chicken not fish - definitely should have had fish as at least I would have taken the batter off!) Not sure of syns but I've guessed at 25:eek: as I didn't eat all the chips!

Having had that last night that means last night's dinner has to be eaten tonight instead! Definitely need to be on plan completely today! Need to tot up my syns for the week so see how far over I've gone.

B - Fruit 'n' fibre, milk (HEA); banana
L - HM falafel & salad with FF dressing
D - gammon, egg, chips, mushrooms & beans

Syns - 200 mls SS milk 5 (for tea)

Denise

meg72

lushlifesaver wrote: »

Back from holiday and well and truly fallen from the beaten path however must not despair. I need to kick my butt in to gear; still can't afford to return to a group and really that's the only difference at the moment so just going to have to give it a really good go alone then reconsider returning to group once I'm back at work

The day after we returned from holiday we went across to the east coast of Yorkshire to look at some holiday sites as we had decided to possibly look at going in together (us and bf's parents) on a caravan of our own ... well long story short we ended up buying one which has both good and bad points for us.

The main naughties on holiday were: 2 sharer sundaes, two portions of chip shop chips, 2 mr whippy ice creams and a big portion of mil's cabbage mash (potatoes, cabbage, butter and cheese) oh and wine. I'm not really a big drinker but mil constantly pours me one though I often left more than half of them.

moving back towards plan now; can't jump in with both feet due to a couple of personal circumstances but I am easing back in to it. I have fresh fruit for snacking and positive meal choices but no HeB until I shop at the end of the week though I am limiting the bread etc

can anyone tell me the syns in mini oatcakes (plain)?

I will try and catch up with the thread over the next few days

The syns in oatcakes vary with the brand but Nairns are 1 syn.

Maisie_M

Skintski wrote: »

Last night was weigh in night and I lost 3lb and got my 2 stone award so quite happy with that. Just a little more to go before I hit target but considering dropping it a little further.

Congratulations another nice shiney to add to the ones you already have.

Crabapple wrote: »

I did it :j 1.5 stone award and my Club 10 :j

Lost 4lb

And I was saying about being so close to being overweight and not obese... my bmi is now 30.0. Doesn't get closer than that :rotfl:

That's fantastic Crabapple congratulations and two nice new shiney's. Well done on now being overweight :T

Annie021063 wrote: »

2.5 off tonight :j
Just 3.5 more to my 5 stone award
I really want it next week

Oh, and I've been nominated for woman of the year in my group:j

Gobsmacked and chuffed

Annie wow nearly 5 stone that is amazing well done. No wonder you have been nominated for woman of the year you so deserve it, good luck.

shala_moo

Morning all,

Some great losses - well done all :T:T

Meg - hoping the news is good for your friend and you x

It's my first weigh in this morning (i weigh Wednesday but i started Monday) so after 2 days of SW i've lost 1lb :j my goal is to lose an average of 1lb a week so i'm happy with that.

EE day today

B - banana, yogurt, sprinkle of granola (3)
L - ham salad sandiwch (heb) pickles
T - kebobs, potato wedges, salad, mint yogurt (1)
S - crisps(5) apple, milk in tea (hea)

xx

Lioness_Twinkletoes

meg72 wrote: »

This may help calculate your salad.


http://www.nhs.uk/Change4Life/Pages/five-a-day-portion-sizes.aspx

Thanks, looks like my salad is effectively one (or maybe two at a push) portion of veg. In order to achieve 7/7/7 I need to eat more fruit and veg then.

Lioness_Twinkletoes

joedenise wrote: »

They're all free foods so you can eat as much as you need to feel satisfied.

Thanks, I am aware of this but would like to be able to calculate how many of my five a day I've had. Now I can

Crabapple

Many congratulations Skinkski and Annie on your brilliant losses :T

Lioness, I thought that the vague rule was one fist size is one portion of fruit or veg. I think you've probably got some better answers than that already though!

Full of enthusiasm again! This weeks plan - I'm now 1lb above a stone barrier, so want to lose 2lb to get under it.

I really want to start getting off my backside as well. There's plenty of opportunity for a bit of a jig about while doing some housework or something, anything, that will raise my heart rate a bit. Strangely my dodgy knees seem to have been playing up a bit in the last couple of days which makes little sense since I'm lighter and they've been fine for ages. I was going to start doing some BM up and down the stairs but that might not be wise if my knees are likely to buckle on the way!